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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #75. Carter’s Maladies

Joined by a solid supporting cast in Catherine Keener and David Strathairn, Maladies will forever be known as the film that set Franco off towards a stint on General Hospital in 2010. Despite not knowing much on Carter, we’re curious enough to include this in our top 100.

Eric Lavallée

Published on January 4, 2012

#75. Maladies

Director/Writer: Carter
Producers: Vince Jolivette, Miles Levy, Jeff Most, Jeff Rice, Marni Zelnick
Distributor: Rights Available

The Gist: A talented and successful actor retires at a young age due to a perceived mental illness. Now living in a small town with his deranged sister and his best friend, we watch as their Maladies intertwine...(more)

Cast: James Franco, Catherine Keener, Fallon Goodson and David Strathairn

List Worthy Reasons…: Joined by a solid supporting cast in Catherine Keener and David Strathairn, Maladies will forever be known as the film that set Franco off towards a stint on General Hospital in 2010. Despite not knowing much on Carter, we’re curious enough to include this in our top 100.

Release Date/Status?: Passed on or not submitted to Park City, a 2012 film festival release is a certainty.

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).